Congress to Probe State Department Diplomacy and CIO Demands
Congress plans inquiry into U S foreign policy variance with the Potsdam declaration and possible interference by the State Department with domestic affairs in South America. Ex Ambassador Hurley charged diplomats sided with Chinese communists, seeking a unified government under military control. The era's labor tensions feature Ford and GM wage talks with the UAW and U S steel workers weighing strikes amid price and profit debates.
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State Department
Wate Ee
Vitor
Weawspaper Union Nalys
U. S
Patrick Hurley
China
Capitol Hill
Hurley
Chinese Communist Party
Bloc of Nations
Orient
Wherry
Rep
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Foreign Service
South America
Army
Navy
George C. Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
CIO
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
Ford
UAW
General Motors
G. M
United Steel Workers
OPA
Yamashita Denies War Crimes After Trial Opens
Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita the Tiger of Malaya testifies he gave no orders for atrocities in the Philippines and denies charges of rape pillage and murder as Allied tribunal weighs illegal proceedings and possible Supreme Court appeal. Concurrently Nazi leaders face conspiracy charges at Nurnberg with prosecutors citing Von Papen and Hitler's delegation in Austria.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tiger of Malaya
Philippines
Yamashita
U. S. Supreme Court
Philippine Supreme Court
Manila
Nuernberg
U. S
Franz von Papen
Europe
Germany
Novel Uses for Radio Surplus
Laboratory technicians with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation repurpose military radio and electronics surplus. They cut antenna tube sections into small whistles and explore other peacetime markets for billions of dollars worth of gear now deemed unnecessary for armed forces.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Pearl Harbor code breaking kept secret by nine officials
Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified before a congressional committee that the United States kept top secret the break of the Japanese code revealing political and military plans. Only nine officials including Roosevelt Stimson Hull Knox Stark Marshall and Miles were told. Short and Kimmel were kept informed of events though not the code.
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Sherman Miles
Army Intelligence
Congressional Committee
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Stimson
Hull
L. T. Gerow
War Plans Division
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Hawaii
Tokyo
Miles
Townwide widening displaces Mrs Caspryzk in Silver Lake
Silver Lake officials moved to widen Center street prompting Mrs Clara Caspryzk to relocate her five room home. She refused to move back and ignored a court order, leading to partial demolition that left her with one bedroom. She returned to live there while Ard arthritis crippled her. Separately Byron Price urged reconsideration of Potsdam and U S occupation policy as Germany faces hardship and needs guidance on food relief and stabilization.
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Silver Lake
Minn
Center Street
Clara Caspryzk
Caspryzk
Frank Bandes
Labor Industry Conference Ends With Cautious Proposals
In Washington DC labor industry delegates signaled no new machinery for fast dispute settlement. They urged collective bargaining first, then conciliation and voluntary arbitration. Grievances under contracts should include no-strike provisions and production disruption avoidance. They approve flexible future consultations.
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Labor Industry Conference
Washington, D. C
Mrs Truman at 93 Defies Time and News Interest
The President's mother Martha Ellen Truman, born November 25, 1852, remains active in Grandview Missouri. She greets reporters with poise, recalls earlier campaigns, and her son Harry S Truman’s rise to the White House, while noting her health after a 1944 fall and ongoing community involvement.
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Washington
Jackson County
Martha Ellen Truman
33Rd
Indiana Avenue
Kansas City
White House
Mrs. Truman
Truman
Grandview
Harry
Missouri
Washington Township
Lighting improves pupil performance in several cities
A detailed report to civic leaders shows two thirds fewer failures in a properly lit room in Tusculum ia Alabama during a two year test. Lebanon Pennsylvania reports 28 percent improvement while Cambridge Massachusetts notes fifth grade failure ratio at one to three in favor of better lighting.
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Miami
Fla
Kiwanis Club
Tuscumbia
Ala
Lebanon
Cambridge
Mass
Lesson for December 16
A religious education notice presents the December 16 lesson topics and scripture texts selected and used with permission by the International Council of Religious Education. It outlines study aims and approved materials for the curriculum.
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International Council of Religious Education
Quiz Questions and Answers Challenge
A numbered trivia list asks about arsenic metal or plant, governor of Alaska status, metal content of coins, state with most Indian tribes, rainbow colors, Rus sia stenographers pay, wartime costs and allocation, mixing oil and water, quote on forgiveness, and a French Civil War war correspondent.
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Alaska
Russia
Navy
Quiz Compares Facts Across Subjects in Oklahoma
Readable lines present a mixed list of questions and answers covering topics from color order and dialects to historical figures and war department funding. The items mention Oklahoma and the United States, listing seven colors and notable names such as Alexander Pope and Georges Clemenceau.
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Oklahoma
War Department
Navy Department
Alexander Pope
Georges Clemenceau
The Answers 1 Silvery brittle metal 2 Appointed 3 No
The items list three brief answers: a silvery brittle metal, the word appointed, and the negative response no.
Photographs earn large sums for published prints
Amateur and professional photographers have sold prints to publications for substantial sums over years. Notable works include the Vestris rescue scene from 1928 fetching at least 8000 dollars, the Lindbergh plane crash shot selling for 9000, The Laughing Cat from 1923 earning 13000, and a kite aerial view of San Francisco after the 1906 fire yielding 15000.
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Collier’s
Vestris
Yangtze River
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rabbit’s Rear Vision and Overlapping Fields of Sight
A guide explains how rabbits see behind and ahead through overlapping fields of vision. They can detect an approaching enemy from the rear without moving their heads, using wide peripheral awareness.
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